Lately...

It has been awhile since I last posted! The winter has been busy, fun, and full of lots of travel! Some of our highlights have been skiing, going to Colorado, driving ALL the way to Kansas City (17 hours) and back, and THIS:

Well, a highlight for me! This was my birthday gift from my parents, and I was THRILLED to finally have one. You see, every person in my family has one so I was feeling left out. Especially since my sister, Carrie, and her family are living in London. I was not able to text, see photos, or facetime them so now I can and it is so nice to video chat them anytime! They even face-timed me yesterday outside of the BYU London Centre, so I could see it again. It made me miss living in London! This is the best phone ever and I was surprised and so excited. Thanks mom and dad :)

For MLK Weekend in January, we went to Colorado with my cousin Geoff (Phatty), his wife Laura, and their cute little guy Jackson. We had so much fun with them! Here is a photo of us on the slopes at Keystone:

We felt so bad because Saturday on that weekend was probably the busiest day I have ever seen at the resort. That resulted in lots of long lines and waiting:

This line took around 45 minutes. Sorry Geoff and Laura!

This is their cute little guy! He is such a flirt and we just loved hanging with him in the backseat of the car.

When we got back to Utah, we spent a day at The Canyons Resort! David and I went to the Warren Miller movie last semester, and with each movie ticket purchased you get a free day pass to this ski resort. It is the best deal ever, and we hope they keep it up in the future! Here we are skipping classes and work:

You probably think we just keep putting up the same pictures, huh? #skiclothes

We returned back to Colorado in early February to ski with my family and celebrate my birthday! This is when I got the fabulous iPhone 5. We ate a ton of food at some great restaurants as well as delicious chocolate birthday cake, and also played lots of Settler's of Catan (we are huge nerds). It was so fun to be with my family and we just love skiing with them. This is the only picture we took of the weekend:

Well, besides this one:

I thought my sister, Aimee, and I looked better in the first.

David and I celebrated my birthday back in Provo by eating out at Black Sheep Cafe and watching Wreck It Ralph in 3-D at the dollar theatre! If you haven't tried Black Sheep Cafe, you should. It has delicious southwestern food, and we loved the Navajo Tacos. Also, the movie was super cute and creative! 

On Valentine's Day, David surprised me with a bouquet of roses at work! It was such a great surprise to see them waiting for me on my desk:

 And I came home to this: 

If you are wondering what is on the plate, it is chocolate covered raspberries. He knows me so well!

So in return, I made a romantic dinner including Tilapia, which was yummy.

The next weekend, which was President's Day, we headed out to Overland Park, Kansas. David's sister got married in december and his family wanted to throw a reception out in Kansas for all the friends there. It was so fun and great to be with all the family! David and I drove out (in my tiny Toyota Corolla) with his sister, Jessie, and her boyfriend Scott. Here we are partying in the car:

Here is a weird optical illusion on a truck. It was freaking us out for a little (that's what you do when you are looking at the same stretch of road all day)

 Here are Jessie and Scott watching Friend's episodes. We were so glad she brought all the seasons, I forgot how funny the show is!

Random fact: I can make a really delicious Barbecue chicken pizza! Since I am not a cook and most of the time a terrible wife when it comes to making dinner, I was really proud of this:

 Also, David works for Kaplan. Every time he has to do Skype trainings, he destroys our living room. Yes that is the coffee table on the couch. I laugh every time I walk into this:

A highlight of this week! I got to go out to eat and reconnect with some of my best friends from freshman year! Stephanie lives in Canada, so I have not seen her for three years. She was back in town and it was so great to get the four of us back together! I missed these girls and am so grateful to have them in my life! 

That was long. Hopefully not too boring! Thanks for catching up with me and I hope you are enjoying the Oscars right now like I am. Wasn't the Les Miserables musical number amazing? I wished they would keep singing! Happy Sunday!